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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle NION TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, THE CHRONICLE'S VIEW MM, TWI5 Skating the Way to e The cuss TAKIM6- - ut Divi-sion-- II But the promotion is just a stepping stone if the Utes want to compete with the best in college hockey. The next step for the U program will be to jump to NCAA Division III level before eventually progressing to Division-I- . But the program has to become established before it can make its next jump. It could take as long as 0 years, and that's if the team does well. Another factor in bringing Ute hockey to the NCAA level would be Title IX. If the U hockey team does well and gets an invitation to play Division-Il- l hockey, at the NCAA level, it will need as many members on a women's sport at the varsity level, whether it be hockey or lacrosse or another club program. The NCAA is a long way down the road. Still, the U club hockey team should be elated with its appointment. The U's decision highlights the quality of the program and is a step towards bringing more students together through hokey. The jump up to Division-- I club hockey will bring more talent, better hockey and a greater fan base. will be edited or will TO is BE CAN'T uMIT OVER? 5PKIN6- - FOR 0RFAJC1 h A o O 1 Good mommo-OV tM 111 T1 0 , o 0 WELCOME i here TO TCOWOMCS lot. are m SYLLABUSES.. II 30-4- Unsigned editorials reflect the majority opinion of The Daily Utah Chronicle Editorial Board. Editorial columns and letters to the editor are strictly the opinions of the author. The forum created on the Opinion Page is one based on vigorous debate, while at the same time demanding tolerance and respect. Material defamatory to an individual or group because of race, ethnic background, gender, appearance or sexual ori- entation I rORrTVFR! Big-Tim- n Dec. 20, U hockey offi- icials announced Divi I I sion-- I hockey was com ing to Utah and the Steiner Ice Arena in a hockey league called Hockey West; But wait a minute. Before fans count on traditional collegiate hockey powerhouses Minnesota, Maine, Michigan and North Dakota coming to the U, they must realize how long and drawn-othe process of moving to Division-- I will be. The U served as the home of the 2002 Winter Olympics, but before it can have an NCAA Division-- I team, there are several hurdles the school will have to overcome. The Utes joined club teams from Colorado State, Arizona State, Weber State and Arizona as full participants in the American Collegiate Hockey Association's highest level of play in a new Division-- I club hockey league. BYU, Utah State and Colorado will also play partial seasons in the newly created league. The Ute hockey team previously played at the club level, so the jump up garners a large amount of prestige for the team 2003 not be published. o Should the United States Attack Iraq? War with Iraq would open a Pandora's box. Oil is really the driving force behind the Bush administration's desire to go to war. We have to to war, it would be a defensive action. If other countries looked into it, they would see that. other RYAN LAVIGNE countries view Americans as meddlers. I lived overseas and I can see other countries aligning themselves against us if we attack Iraq. We need to fix issues at home first. The chance to overthrow Saddam easily is already long gone. Junior, Accounting remember that people in SARA HOGAN Junior, Health Promotion and Education think attacking Iraq would increase American security, because it would make other countries hesitant to attack us. If we did go I War with Iraq offers an opportunity to put democracy in place in the Arab world, which would stabilize the region. Oil is not the real motivation for the war, because Iraq's oil reserves couldn't even cover the cost of reconstructing the country. Iraq also has a lot of outstanding international debts that its oil can't cover. LARRY CHALFANT Junior, Anthropology ues tions About Mush Nobody is Ashiu Kofi Annan, Iraqi foreign Minister Naji Sabri JEREMY 1 VOROS Chronicle Opinion Columnist the 108th Congress convenes this I can only shake my head in and ask, "Why?" Why does President Bush have a rubber stamp from Congress for all of his misguided foreign policies? Why is the public so complacent as Bush and his advisors stir up a revival of Reatrickle-dow- n economics? gan's Why isn't the allegedly "liberal" media attacking the Bush administration's questionable corporate history? Why are the Democrats not challenging As full-fledg- ed anything? It seems that Sept. 11 has left the nation with a bad case of collective amnesia. Lessons learned from the United States' scandalous war and the Afghan-Sovimeddling in the Iran-Ira- q conflict during the 1980s seem to have been forgotten as Congress and the public rally behind Bush's warmongering. And despite being far worse than President Clinton's sexual exploits in the Oval Office, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney's shady corporate dealings remain largely unquestioned. ,Why haven't the Democrats brought these issues to light? And as the de facto keepers of truth, why haven't the media exposed these et problems? In a recent letter to U.N. Secretary General complained that U.S. support of mercenaries opposing Saddam Hussein's ruling government violates international law. The United States is providing funds to Iraqi opposition groups for military training. A brief review of American foreign policy in the Middle East might suggest that such a move is unadvisable. The United States' support of the Afghani rebels fighting Soviet invaders in the 1980s has only come back to haunt us. In a 1992 Washington Post article, Steve Cole reported that, "In all, the United States funneled more than $2 billion in guns and money to the mujaheddin Islamic military groups during the 1980s." These weapons and funds contributed to the rise of such infamous groups as the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden first got his start in 1979 by meeting with American officials in Turkey and in the early 1980s began organizing with the help of the CIA and U.S. intelligence services. Ramzi Ahmed Youssef, who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993, was a product of the Afghani terrorist school Abu Sayyaf, which trains troops in methods taught by the CIA. Maybe funding similar groups in Iraq is a bad idea. Even Bush's villain of the moment, Saddam Hussein, and his biological weapons owe some measure of thanks to the United States. In December, 1983 as a special presidential envoy, current Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met with Saddam Hussein to normalize relations at a time when Iraqi U.S.-Ira- qi troops were using chemical weapons against CHRONICLE OPINION EDITOR JOHN MORLEY the Iranians on an almost daily basis. The U.S. Commerce Department even authorized the sale of numerous biological agents including anthrax and pesticides known to be key components used in Iraqi chemical warfare. I fault the Democrats and the media for not pointing out the problems with current foreign policy. American foreign policy in the Middle East has only created larger problems than those it attempted to solve. In essence, America created a Frankenstein that at the time seemed tame and valuable, but now has only returned with malicious intent aimed towards us. Continuing the status quo and handling escalating threats in the Mideast with similar solutions is not a good idea. Why isn't anyone saying so? Why are the Democrats not challenging anything? Just prior to the attacks on the World Trade Center, the collapse of energy giant Enron exposed the sordid world of corporate deceit and manipulation. Bush and Cheney were quick to denounce the unethical practices of large corporations. But as CEOs of large corporations themselves, Bush and Cheney were guilty of manipulating earnings figures through strategies similar to those used by Enron. In the late 1980s Bush sat on the Board of LETTERSCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU Directors for Harken Energy Corporation. And in 1990, just a few months before Harken reported significant losses that prompted an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bush sold 212,140 Harken shares to the tune of nearly $850,000 dollars to pay off his investment in the Texas Rangers baseball team. Interestingly, a week before this sale, Bush received a letter from Harken's attorneys advising board members not to sell shares if they had significant information about the company's prospects. This letter, dated June 15, 1990, wasn't submitted by Bush's attorney to the SEC until Aug. 22, 1991 one day after the SEC ruled there was not sufficient evidence to bring a case against Bush for insider trading. Republicans plagued President Clinton with investigations into his questionable Whitewater real estate dealings, which concerned only $300,000 and left the Clintons reporting a $40,000 loss. In the end, Clinton was impeached by the Senate for sexual misconduct. Why aren't the Senate Democrats similarly haranguing President Bush for his unethical business conduct and hypocrisy? It seems to me that I am not the only American dissatisfied with the current administration's actions. Until the media are willing to report the truth, and until Bush's political opponents are willing to speak up and take action, Bush will continue to wave his rubber stamp and smile on the cover of Newsweek. Jeremy welcomes feedback at jvoroschroni-cle.utah.edSend letters to the editor to left-leani- ng u. 581-639- 7 |
